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Full Name	Robert the Bruce
AKA Full Name	Robert I of Scotland
People ID	716000
Title	King
First Name	Robert
AKA First Name	Robert
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Surname	Bruce
AKA Surname	I of Scotland
Father's Surname	de Brus
Mother's Surname	Carrick
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Gender	Male
Full Birth Date If Known	1274-07-11
Birth Year	1274
Birth Month	7
Birth Day	11
Full Death Date If Known	1329-06-07
Death Year	1329
Death Month	6
Death Day	7

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Event	Date	Geo Top Level	Geo 2nd Level	Geo 3rd Level	Geo 4th Level	Geo 5th Level	Notes
Birth	1274/07/11	Scotland
Death	1329/06/07	Scotland	West Dunbartonshire	Cardross Parish	Mains of Cardross

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Cemetery	Dunfermline Abbey
Address	Monastery Street off of Saint Margaret's Street
City/Town	N/A
County/District	Dunfermline
State/Province	Fife
Postal/Zip Code	KY12 7PE
Country/Principality	Scotland





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Cemetery	Melrose Abbey
Address	Abbey Street at Cloisters Road
City/Town	Melrose
County/District	Eildon
State/Province	Scottish Borders
Postal/Zip Code	TD6 9LG
Country/Principality	Scotland





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Cemetery	Saint Serf's Church
Address	27 Woodyard Road
City/Town	Levengrove
County/District	Dumbarton West
State/Province	West Dunbartonshire
Postal/Zip Code	G82 4BG
Country/Principality	Scotland





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Best known for defeating the English forces at the Battle of Bannockburn and securing Scottish Independence for the next 300 years.

Founder of the Bruce dynasty which ruled Scotland from 1306-1371. His daughter Marjorie's son Robert II was the first ruler of the Stuart or Stewart dynasty, which ruled Scotland and then Britain until 1714 (with the exception of the interregnum during the English Civil War from 1649-1660).

Was excommunicated by Clement V for killing John Comyn within the walls of a church (consecrated ground) but was granted absolution by John XXII.

His birthplace is not actually known (ironically, he may have been born in England rather than Scotland, his family had holdings in both countries although most of their land was in Scotland). The most likely candidate is Turnberry Castle near Maybole in Ayrshire, Scotland.

No trace remains of Robert's final residence and place of death, which was referred to at the time as Cardross Manor. Based on some pretty convincing research, it seems to have been about 550 meters ESE (roughly halfway to the river Leven) from the present day Dalmoak/Young's Farm, which is located between Renton and Dumbarton at the intersection of Renton Road and an exit off of the northbound A82. The current location (as of 2018) is completely undeveloped rural property, although historically it was the site of the Mains of Cardross farm.

Here's a link to the article I was looking at which discusses the location of the Mains of Cardross.

BTW, don't get confused by the Cardross name. The present day village of Cardross is in the same historical parish as Robert's residence, but most likely several miles away from where Robert lived. The village didn't exist until at least 300 years after Robert's death. To show what difference a few miles makes, the village of Cardross is in the current day Argyll and Bute council area rather than the West Dunbartonshire council area, which is where the Mains of Cardross is. The entire parish was formerly in Dumbarton AKA Dunbartonshire but was split between Argyll & Bute and West Dunbartonshire in the administrative reforms which took effect in 1995/1996.

Robert's burial arrangements were a bit unusual. Most of his body is interred at Dunfermline Abbey, which was confirmed by the rediscovery of his crypt in 1818. His heart went on a journey around the world; his friend James Douglass meant to take Robert's heart to Jerusalem but only made it as far as Spain, where he was killed fighting the Moors in 1330. Robert's heart was recovered after the battle, brought back to Scotland, and buried at Melrose Abbey. The heart was rediscovered in 1920 and later reinterred at Melrose Abbey, but the exact location was subsequently lost until 1996 when it was rediscovered yet again. I believe this time they kept a record of where they put it.

In addition, there is a tradition that Robert's entrails were embalmed and buried at Saint Serf's Church in Dumbarton, but there does not seem to be any documentary evidence that this actually happened. There is circumstantial evidence that this occurred; during the last years of his life when Robert lived nearby this was the parish church for Cardross, where his manor was located. The church as it existed during Robert's lifetime is no longer there, having been rebuilt in the 19th century. Only ruins are left now, but the cemetery around the church is still an active cemetery.

The Find A Grave memorials are a bit backwards. The lower numbered one is for the burial of his heart, the later memorial is for the rest of his body (presumably missing his entrails, as discussed above). There is yet another find a grave memorial for some scraps of bone purported to belong to Robert, which may also be legitimate.

Researched and recorded this 702nd anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath.

2022 April 6

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Family Search ID	LDQR-3KB
Find A Grave 1	115637300
Famous per Find A Grave	Yes
Famous per Consensus	Yes
Find A Grave 2	3104
Find A Grave 3
BillionGraves Record ID
Other websites	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_the_Bruce
Record Entry Date	2022-01-27 10:17:40
Record Last Edit Date	2022-04-06 20:14:31

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